This Act provides for various aspects relative to dealings in land in Rotuma and provides for the appointment of the Rotuma Lands Commission. The Commission shall ascertain (traditional) land rights, resolve disputes relative to land rights, demarcate land and register land rights (sect. 4). All land found by the Commission to be un-owned shall vest in the Crown in trust for the Rotuman people, but shall not be considered to be Crown land. All moneys derived from such un-owned land shall be paid into the Rotuman Development Fund and be used for the purposes of that Fund.

The purpose of this Law is to clarify the ownership of property and to protect property rights including rights relating to land.This Law shall apply to civil relationship arising from the ownership and utilization of property including movable and real property. Real or movable property may be owned jointly by two or more institutions or individuals and may be of two kinds, namely co-ownership by proportion and common ownership. Registration shall be granted for the establishment, modification, transfer and lapse of the right in real property by the registration department.

La presente Ley tiene por objeto derogar la Ley que establece las disposiciones que rigen el proceso general para la planificación y gestión de la ordenación del territorio, en concordancia con las realidades ecológicas y los principios, criterios, objetivos estratégicos del desarrollo sustentable.

Revoca: Ley orgánica para la planificación y gestión de la ordenación del territorio. (2006-08-15)

Paragraph 4 of the item 6 of the Article 12 of the Federal Law No. 122-FZ on state registration of immovable property and its transactions shall be supplemented with the following wording: “plots of land shall be registered in accordance with cadastre plan.”; Article 25.2 shall be supplemented with the following wording: “The state registration of the ownership right to a plot of land shall be prohibited in such plot of land cannot be allotted in private ownership in accordance with the Federal legislation.” Article 28 of the Federal Law No.

The present Law introduces some amendments to the Tyrol Farmland Requirement Law 1996 (LGBl. No. 74). In particular, the Law adds a paragraph 5 to article 33 dealing with the intrinsic value of an agricultural community plots; furthermore, the text amends, inter alia, article 40 concerning issuing of building authorization on behalf of the competent authority. The text consists of 3 articles.

Implements: Tyrol Farmland Requirement Law 1996. (2013)

This Law establishes the basic provisions on mortgage, including mortgage of land, subsoil, forest, waterbodies and perennial plants, registration of mortgage and registration of rights to mortgaged property. The Act consists of 5 Sections divided into 86 articles: (1) general provisions; (2) types of mortgage; (3) levy of execution to mortgaged property; (4) protection against entrenchment on a right to mortgaged property; and (5) conclusive provisions.

Article 8 shall be amended to add the following wording: “In case of joint ownership the plot of land subject to payment of land tax, it shall be calculated by the authorized body or organization for the whole land plot area and the owners shall be jointly liable to payment of the established land tax.”

Amends: Law on land taxes (1994). (1994-04-27)

The present Law implements the Federal Land Parcel Act (BGBl. I p. 1091) of 28 July 1961. Article 1 establishes that the sale of land up to a size of 1.0 hectare does not require any authorization according to the aforementioned Federal Act. The text consists of 2 articles.

Implements: Land Parcel Act. (2008-12-17)

The purpose of this Chapter is to establish a uniform policy for the fair and equitable treatment of persons displaced by the acquisition of real property under Government of Guam land acquisition programs, by building code enforcement activities, or by a program of voluntary rehabilitation of buildings or other improvements conducted pursuant to governmental supervision (sect. 1). The Act provides financial support for displaced persons and in particular provides support for relocation of farm operations, i.e.

This Chapter defines certain rights and owners of real property and tenants for life. The owner of a life estate may use the land in the same manner as the owner of a fee simple, except that he or she must do no act to the injury of the inheritance. Sections 2 and 3 of Article 1 define property rights of a Tenants for Years. Section 6 defines rights of lessees and assignees against his immediate lessor, for the breach of any agreement in the lease.

This Chapter defines the duties of tenant for life, coterminous owners, two or more persons are associated by agreement in the use of an asset belonging to a property, etc. The owner of a life Estate shall be required to carry out duties defines in section 1 with respect to the estate. Neighbouring owners are mutually bound equally to maintain the boundaries, monuments and fences between them.

This Chapter provides for a series of general matters with respect to real or immovable property such as classification of estates, the definition of ownership issues, limitations on full ownership, reversions, remainder of former estate, suspension of ownership, limitations on Life Estates, rights of heirs of life tenants, etc. Estates in real property, in respect to the duration of their enjoyment, are either: estates of inheritance or perpetual estates; estates for life; estates for years; or estates at will.